Photos from winter tours to Lake Baikal
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Photos of Khuzir - the main village of Olkhon Island
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![Olkhon Island - Khuzir village - 34C](khuzir01sm.jpg) |
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![Olkhon Island - Khuzir village - 28C](khuzir02sm.jpg) |
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![Olkhon Island - Khuzir village - 30C](khuzir03sm.jpg) |
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![Olkhon Island - Khuzir village - 33C](khuzir04sm.jpg) |
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![Olkhon Island - Khuzir village - Lesnaya street](khuzir05sm.jpg) |
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![Olkhon Island - Khuzir village - central part](khuzir06sm.jpg) |
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One day tour to the north. Photos of the eastern shore of Olkhon Island.
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![Eastern shore of Olkhon Island - 19km away from the deepest point of Baikal](olkhoneast01sm.jpg) |
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![Uzuri Bay - the meteorological post. Camera standing on ice.](olkhoneast02sm.jpg) |
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![Olkhon eastern shore. View to the south.](olkhoneast03sm.jpg) |
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![Izimey cape - 5 km away from the deepest point.](olkhoneast04sm.jpg) |
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![Steep shores of eastern Olkhon](olkhoneast05sm.jpg) |
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![Ice](olkhoneast06sm.jpg) |
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![Ice from a crack](olkhoneast07sm.jpg) |
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![Shunte leviy (left) cape. View from the shore](olkhoneast08sm.jpg) |
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Burkhan Cape: The holy shaman rock is one of the 9 holiest places in Asia
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![The holy Burkhan Cape near the Khuzir village.](burkhan01sm.jpg) |
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![For a long time the cape was a place for annual shamanic worship.](burkhan02sm.jpg) |
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![This considerable historic monument is a peculiar symbol of Baikal.](burkhan03sm.jpg) |
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![Burkhan cape is also one of the nine holiest places in Asia.](burkhan04sm.jpg) |
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![Burkhan cape - Olkhon Island - Lake Baikal](burkhan05sm.jpg) |
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![Burkhan cape - Olkhon Island - Lake Baikal](burkhan06sm.jpg) |
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![Burkhan cape - Olkhon Island - Lake Baikal](burkhan07sm.jpg) |
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![Burkhan cape - Olkhon Island - Lake Baikal](burkhan08sm.jpg) |
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Olkhon Island: Winter Sunsets and Sunrises
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![07:00, 23rd of February. Sunrise on the way to Olkhon. Mainland](sun01sm.jpg) |
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![Sunset view from Burkhan cape - Olkhon Island](sun02sm.jpg) |
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![The same sunset 3 minutes after](sun03sm.jpg) |
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![Sunset view from Burkhan cape. The 2nd of March.](sun04sm.jpg) |
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![Winter evening view from the end of Khuzir village](sun05sm.jpg) |
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![Small Sea (Maloe More) area. The end of February](sun06sm.jpg) |
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![Sunset in Khuzir village](sun07sm.jpg) |
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![Sunset in Khuzir village](sun08sm.jpg) |
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Ground transport - UAZ. Trip to the north of Olkhon.
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![Big Sea - opened lake Baikal. 1.5km of water below. Jeep trip by UAZ. Infront of the eastern shore of Olkhon Island](uaz01sm.jpg) |
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![This winter was rather snowy. Lake Baikal surface is totaly covered with snow.](uaz02sm.jpg) |
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![Such stops are very often](uaz03sm.jpg) |
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![Travelling south](uaz04sm.jpg) |
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![Jumping over the crack](uaz05sm.jpg) |
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![In the field of the island. Our driver Andrew.](uaz06sm.jpg) |
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![UAZ 452 was a military project now available for public use](uaz07sm.jpg) |
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![UAZ 452 was used as an emergency van during the war actions](uaz08sm.jpg) |
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![UAZ](uaz09sm.jpg) |
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![UAZ](uaz10sm.jpg) |
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![UAZ standing on ice like on the water](uaz11sm.jpg) |
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![View out from the icy cave. Jeep UAZ](uaz12sm.jpg) |
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![Departure by Russian military jeep UAZ to explore Olkhon Island and classic Lake Baikal vistas](uaz13sm.jpg) |
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![Heading north and visit Harantsi village and Peschanka place](uaz14sm.jpg) |
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![Turning around the northern pint of Olkhon - Khoboy cape](uaz15sm.jpg) |
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![Big Cave near Khuzir village](uaz16sm.jpg) |
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